Chapter 1 of The Brownies and Other Tales is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Brownies and Other Tales is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AND OTHER TALES. JULIANA HORATIA EWING. NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. NEW YORK: E. & J.B. YOUNG & CO.
Chapter 1 of The Brownies and Other Tales is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a line of approach
From this reading “NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “NEW YORK: E.”
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “AND OTHER TALES.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “NEW YORK: E.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “& J.B. YOUNG & CO.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND OTHER TALES.
a line of approach
From this reading NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading & J.B. YOUNG & CO.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading & J.B. YOUNG & CO.
a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
From this reading NEW YORK: E.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
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From this reading JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading & J.B. YOUNG & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JULIANA HORATIA EWING.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading NEW YORK: E.
the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
From this reading NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading AND OTHER TALES.
plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading AND OTHER TALES.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading NEW YORK: E.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading & J.B. YOUNG & CO.
Chapter 1 of The Brownies and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 437 sentences of The Brownies and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Brownies and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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